Daily Archives: September 8, 2017

I have the flu today so I ordered my first housecall through the Heal app and a doctor came to my door with an assistant and gave me a physical and spent about half an hour with me answering all … Continue reading →

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Is “Jewish” what is in the sacred texts of Judaism or is “Jewish” what a lot of Jews do? I’m fine with both definitions and more. I remember working prole jobs, making tons of mistakes, and being told by Jewish … Continue reading →

This TV series was so good that I watched it twice. Then I read the book it was based on — Jeffrey Toobin’s The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson. C.F. Robinson has a provocative analysis … Continue reading →

Beth Kissileff writes: One frustration in reading a memoir about life in Israel is a total absence of a mention of Arabs and others who live there. Nonetheless, part of the liveliness of Kurshan’s memoir comes from her life in … Continue reading →

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